Mordred's Lullaby | Animatic
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- At last, I've got another one done! This one took a while, as this past month has been incredibly busy for me, and there was a stretch of time when I was without Internet access (and my art supplies, nooo!). Anyway...
In certain adaptations of the Arthurian legend, Mordred is the illegitimate son of King Arthur and his half-sister, Morgana. I've done a little interpretation of my own here.
Music: "Mordred's Lullaby" by Heather Dale (2000).
Tools: Pencil and paper; CanoScan LiDE 220; Paint.NET; Windows Movie Maker
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Oh hearing that made many come into my head,but for some reason the once that stood out of course I did already say the last unicorn
Peebles Penguins
and the song Hate me by Eurielle
lol these are the suggestions that I had in mind,but either way am excited and looking forward to more of your work!😆😆😆 I can't seem to stop watching your videos👍
I have a request how about the lullaby come little children
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Hope to see further progress of this. But if I could suggest, could you do something with the song “Hurt” by Johnny Cash?
Mordred: Mommy can I go in the garden and pick flowers
Morgana: you can pick flowers when Arthur’s dead, back to training
They say when you seek vengeance, you need to dig two graves. Didn't expect the second grave to go to her son...
I'd say she expected exactly that
What a caring mother, sister and sister-in-law
Actually Arthur and Morgana were half siblings so its mother/aunt.
Sarcasm?
You captured Morgana's lust for power and hatred for Arthur pretty well, I also liked the fact that she looked...menacing almost? There was no love in her eyes for her child, only desire for a crown.
Let's be honest, her hatred for Arthur stems from her hatred for his father Uther, who had her father killed, had Merlin disguise him as her father, slept with her mother, married her mother, and had Arthur(before Merlin decided to abscond with the infant as the price for helping Uther commit rape by fraud).
Malcom Alexander which would then fit with the version where she disguised herself as Arthur’s wife to conceive Mordred as irony
Actually i did see a bit of love for mordred in his infancy. But afterward, she saw how she could use him.
@@dragonstouch1042 Y'know what's _really_ ironic? By the time of the Strife of Camlann where Arthur and Mordred had their duel, Morgana was totally reformed. Heck, she was the one who ferried Arthur to the Isle of Avalon after the duel.
@@benjaminklaassen4722 She still sucked tho. Like if she was reformed why didn't she do anything to prevent the fight?
There is something almost comical about referring to Mordred as "proof of how he betrayed her loyalty" when one of the foundational pillars of Arthurian legend is how Guinevere is cheating on him with one of his knights...
The Irony is everywhere
King Arthur is the definition of living long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Yea mother of the year
Now I’m inspired to make a homebrew legendary item.
The Bastard’s Blade: Clarent
Classified a long sword
This sword if found is often mistaken as a flame tounge much to the wielder’s dismay. Those who are aware of the sword’s existence know of it’s troubled and dark history. Once a coronation sword wielded by the greatest of kings the strongest hero of the luck blade, this sword was given its name when Mordred the bastard son of Arthur killed his own father with this very blade. It was enchanted so that any cut made by this weapon would eternally bleed til one’s death. However this blade’s cursed past goes deeper. When Mordred was tried and condemned for the death of his father he was executed with the same blade and Merlin the Wise had sealed Mordred’s soul to the black iron blade. This blade is cursed by his eternal stay seeking the blood of kin and friend along with foe with no difference.
One of the most underrated comments *in general* I've seen yet
That sword mordred held... it was a bastard sword wasn’t it?
"Come father let us embrace at last"
I came back to re-watch this after refreshing myself on some Arthurian Lore and watching Overly Sarcastic Production's summary of the King Arthur Legend as it's changed throughout time.
I kind of crack up hearing of Guinevere’s "loyalty" being broken in the song now.
I think your depiction of Mordred's youth and how he grew up is amazing and adds a great level of depth to his character still though. :) The design you gave him is probably one of my favourites.
Yup. Given the 'loyal' wife ran off with sir Lancelot
Oh no, this comment is a year late, but Guinevere is only mentioned in the verse ‘your spirit will hate her, the flower who married my brother the traitor’. When she says ‘for you are the proof of how he betrayed her’, she may be talking about herself being the one who was betrayed, since Arthur raped Morgana.
And we all know that Guinevere was never loyal to Arthur
Dumb dumb The song mentions “you are the proof of how he betrayed her loyalty”, it’s a reference to Guinevere, not Morgan. Also Arthur never had sex with Morgan Le Fay in the mythos (she was the lover of Merlin), as it was Morgeuse who was the mother of Mordred, and the sex was consensual to boot as well. The whole idea of Morgan being Mordred’s mother was created for the movie Excalibur so that they wouldn’t have to have both Morgan and Morgeuse.
Personally I hate the idea of Morgan being portrayed as Mordred’s mother, because it makes her even more villainous than she actually was in the mythos, and erases the redemption arc she went through in the Arthurian lore; moreover once Mordred starts causing strife with Arthur, Morgan is well and truly back on good terms with her brother, and rescues him from dying by taking him to Avalon to be healed.
YASSSSSSS WE STAN OVERLY SARCASTIC PRODUCTIONS!!!!!!!
The story that you weaved together from the threads of the song was beautiful. I feel both anger and understanding at the mother of Mordred. It gave me chills down my spine and tears in my eyes.
Elise Leon Good point
The Arthurian mythology is so muddled at this point that it's only one writers version. In the original Morgan le fay (the origin of Morgana) just gave up on being evil and ended up becoming good and helping Arthur.
So dark, yet so strangely beautiful. It's a pity. Mordred was actually kind of handsome.😢♥️ And also, for those who don't know, guileless means innocent, so she trained her innocent son to hate his father.
In many ways, I feel really bad for Mordred. His mother was the true villain in this tale.
Agreed
That art style omg
Mordred, u poor bby
At the very least he is dead and doesnt know what a horiblele monster his mom is.
Edit: Autocorrect is such a pain, and also I feel bad for Mordred. I think he caught a glimpse of the nature of his momma
When you know little about the Arthurian lore but like the song
Would it be safe speculation the way it ends on an image of Morgan and baby Mordred is shes questioning if her vengeance was worth her son's life and she's looking back at possibly the most innocent time she spent with him
Mordred's always been portrayed as the villain who killed King Arthur, but this gives some insight into why he is the way he is. He was raised by a mother who only saw him a ticket to the throne; he sensed his lack of love from a young age; he was probably tortured knowing where he came from; he was born of incest, so he was probably fragile to mental illness in the first place; Mordred led a short, very sick life. He was probably a much more complex human than he is made out to be.
In the end Camelot fell and no one ruled after Arthur it’s one true king 👑 and Modred his tale is not one of evil but one of innocence lost he was never truly a monster just trained to be that way by Morgan Lafay’s lust for power (ironically though in one instance she fell by his hand)
J Double C Correction: Mordred was felled by his own lust for power, as Morgan Le Fay was most certainly not his mother (that was an invention for the movie Excalibur). Moreover, Morgan was well and truly back on good terms with Arthur by the time that Mordred was causing trouble, and saved him (Arthur) from dying by taking him to the Isle of Avalon to be healed.
Cthonis Princess 😳 Oh Damn well I feel sheepish 🐑 thanks for that though
I wanted to look away but I couldn't....the emotion...it moved me. This was so hauntingly beautiful.
Finally, someone who actually knows this song
Hush child
The darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep, child
Guileless son
I'll shape your belief
And you'll always know that your father's a thief
And you won't understand
The cause of your grief
But you'll always follow the voices beneath
(Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty...)
(Loyalty only to me)
Guileless son
Your spirit will hate her
The flower who married my brother the traitor
And you will expose
His puppeteer behavior
For you are the proof
of how he betrayed her loyalty
(Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty...)
(Loyalty only to me)
Hush, child
The darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep, child
The darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
(Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty...)
(Loyalty only to me)
Guileless son
Each day you grow older
Each moment I'm watching my vengence unfold
For the child of my body
The flesh of my soul
Will die in returning the birthright he stole
(Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty...)
(Loyalty only to me)
Hush child
The darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep, child
The darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
(Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty...)
Thanks, man. I think S. K. Michels made the instruments a little too loud because the lyrics were kinda hard to make out.
This kinda reminds me of the story of Cu Culain (or however you spell his name). Cu Culain battled and beat his mentor's twin sister, but said he would spare her life if she had his kid (do not ask me why). Aife, the twin sister of Cu Culain's mentor, forbade her son from telling Cu Culain his name, and Cu Culain unknowingly killed his son because of that.
Glad him not the only the one who noticed this 👀 also, if I remember correctly he had his mentor (scatleth or something) have his child bc she had trained Cu well and was strong and he wanted his son to be strong too. Or something like that.
@@katjohannessen6009 Skadi was her first name I believe.
@@katjohannessen6009 Scathach
wow this is incredible! the frames of morgan donning the crown and giving mordred a last kiss were particularly powerful
this is a worse lullaby than the one Zira gave Kovu.
I was wondering if anyone else was getting LK2 vibes from this
The GuyWithTheGoatee I’m getting those vibes
Asher Tye yep
anyone noticed this sounds almost exactly like ariels melody? the one she sings to melody, i think thats the song i swear i have heard it somewhere before.
This is so beautiful but so sad and I feel so much for the characters and I'm just HNNGGGGG
Cy Pettry The Arthurian mythos is very enticing and amazing the more you look into it.
Did she just sucrifised her own child just for one f*cking crown ?!
That was the entire purpose of having the child in general.
Yeah, allow me to explain:
Mordred was the bastard son of King Arthur and his half-sister Morgana. In some versions, she was raped, in others, she tricked him. Anyhow, she had a son and raised him to despise his father and told him it was his birthright to the throne when really SHE wanted the throne. However, the ending is always the same: King Arthur and his son Mordred die on each others blade.
Gotta get that good bling, ya know?
Shon Elise Morgan was never Mordred’s mother in the mythos, that was an invention for the movie Excalibur.
Yep
damn.. woman was cold..
Arthur was Antarctic.
Mankind - Redefined to be fair be was raped
Mankind - Redefined kinda depends on which version, in one version she’s raped in another, she tricks him into it
@@dragonstouch1042 And one where they had no idea who the other was when they had the affair not till after
I’ve loved this song for years... being named for 2 characters from the Authorian legends man have played a roll in my fascination. Heather Dale did an amazing job in capturing the essence of it, especially in the lullaby and trial of Lancelot, but your animation took the interpretation to the next level. Many props!!
2:48 Okay, THAT image earned you my thumbs up! PERFECT for this song!
This was really beautiful! I listened to this song all the time in college (almost 15 yrs ago, oh my lord) and loved the lyrics but never really knew or understood the story behind it. Then was randomly reminded of it just now and came looking for lyric videos and read a brief summary of the story, and then happily found this animatic! It really brings the song to life. Love the style and build up, and then that shot of her picking up and putting on the bloody crown and kissing Mordred's forehead was chilling and amazing. ❤
I've always loved this song, but never saw any animations for it until now! This is a wonderful animation, and your art is stunning.
I kind of want to make a mini comic out of this it’s so good plus I LOVE HEATHER DALE. You can’t really find this album for an affordable price because it’s considered one of her best. Amazon last time I checked $227.
Jesus!
Mordred has no love from his mom. Morgana is almost like mother gothel except the crown part
This is one of my favorite songs by Heather Dale. I love you for this!
It's ironic hearing Morgan talk about Arthur betraying Guinevere's loyalty when she was banging lancelot behind his back.
actually really good. I would love to see this animated further.
WOW, sacrificed her own child for a piece of metal.
This was really good, though I would have liked to have seen Mordred's manipulation of using Lancelot and gwenivere's affair to get the crown
I've watched this video so many times and it never ceases to make my heart feel incredibly heavy
Wow. That was absolutely gorgeous.
Wow...... I’m speechless.
Imagine if someone sung this song to their own children?
thats not a lullaby that's a threat
Estela Castro the kids would terrified
this makes me think that arthur is a bad person
I can't believe I never realised this song was for knights of the Roundtable I always just thought is was keltic lulaby of revenge simular to how Zira had her own Lulaby of evil in the Lion king.
This is amazing, I love this song so much by how tragic and haunting it is. and you artworks go so well
I really loved this :( good work dude
...now I know why Artoria hated Mordred so much.
Oh my god I love the drama of this song!!! So exciting to see an animated form!
wow am speechless! I look forward to more of your work!
I'm one legend I heard mordred was gwenivere and Arthur's son raised by morgana
This was absolutely gorgeous! I really like this song and you draw beautifully!
my dear, what type of sword did you model the blade she handed the boy when he was young after? i like the make of it.
I'M IN LOVE THIS IS PERFECT
Welp, Mordred was doomed from the start
Mannnnn your animatic skills are 100!!!
Beautifully done
She used him to become queen. This is awful
I agree
Ζωή Λύτρα id it makes you feel better, he did kill her before then
@dragonstouch1042 no not in The Actual Legends. Only in the film Excalibur
I loved your animatic for Point of No Return from The Phantom of The Opera, but apparently it has a copyright claim on it and I can't listen to it anymore :c
Lyrics:
Hush, child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Guileless son, I'll shape your belief
And you'll always know that your father's a thief
And you won't understand the cause of your grief
But you'll always follow the voices beneath
(Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty only to me)
Guileless son, your spirit will hate her
The flower who married my brother the traitor
And you will expose his puppeteer behavior
For you are the proof of how he betrayed her loyalty
(Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty only to me)
Hush, child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
(Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty only to me)
Guileless son, each day you grow older
Each moment I'm watching my vengeance unfold
For the child of my body, the flesh of my soul
Will die in returning the birthright he stole
(Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty only to me)
Hush, child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Gorgeous storytelling. You captured it perfectly
He hot. Mordred be hot.
You like Heather Dale too?!?!
God i haven't listened to this since middle school
OMG THIS REMINDED ME SO MUCH OF MEDUSA AND CRONA FROM SOUL EATER!!!!!!!!
Cipher quest same, it still hits hard when I think of it 😖
1:36 - Teaching her own son swordsmanship, that's pretty impressive for a woman to do in those times.
Okay so why does she say Arthur is a traitor? Also she says he, Mordred, is the proof Arthur betrayed Guenevere's "loyalty" (haha). So first off Arthur slept with Morgan before he was with his wife, as far as I know, and second she slept with Lancelot, and didn't even bear Author an hare, Or did she I don't know? And when she says her son will die returning the birthright Arthur "stole" what birth right did he steal from who. Is she saying because she, Morgan, didn't get the kingdom from their mother? Or is she saying he stole Mordred's birthright? Morgan never had the birth right for the thrown so why is she complaining? Also does this song imply she doesn't even love her son? It's really hard to tell, is she really just okay with him dying after all? At her age it's not like she can realistically have another child by the time Mordred dies. Also why does she say Mordred won't understand the cause of his grief, is she talking about the insect with Arthur and his mother, or is the cause something else? And okay I'm done with all the questions, and just going to say at the end, when her son was dyeing I thought she was going to put the crown on him, in a touching moment, but when she put it on her own head that was a twist and a shock. And made it seem all a whole lot sader. It just seems like in that moment no one loved him and he was just being used. And it's so sad... No one wanted him. He wasn't loved, his father hated him and his mother used him. (sad face) The whole myth and story seems sad in retrospect.
This song is told by Morgana, half sister to King Arthur. Her hatred for Arthur derives from the previous generation, where Arthur’s father killed Morgana’s father, robbing her of her parent. Arthur, later, while married to Guinevere, was attracted to the wife of King Lot sexually, and deceived her into believing that he was her husband, later to find out that she was actually Morgana. She became pregnant with Mordred, and resented him for a long time, because of the fact that he’s a result of incest between half-siblings. Mordred was an antagonist, who hated his father for his sin of adultery and incest, and wanted to seize the throne.
There are multiple interpretations of the tale of mordred, Morgan, and King Arthur just as there are *waaaaay* to many interpretations of the mythos in general. This one evolves around Mordred being a sympathetic antagonist and just a device his mother can use to get to the thrown. Which is kind of weird to me since all the interpretations I’ve heard always have Mordred claiming the thrown while Arthur leaves to get healed by Morgan. But like I said, there are *many* versions. And I don’t think Mordred was upset about him being the result of incest because later, when he’s taken over Camelot, he forcefully marries Guinevere who is Arthur’s wife. So, incest???
Senn objectivity is a rare trait. You explained your point of view without snark, or condescension. Impressive...
Viridian depending on what iteration of the legend this is, this song is more convoluted since in one version, Morgana tricked Arthur into sleeping with her by disguising herself as his wife
I'd say it was because Morgana and Arthur were half-siblings that had Mordred out of Wedlock, which means Mordred is a bastard child and has no claim to the throne. of course this resulted in a lot of problems, so, so, so many problems and Morgana cultivated/raised her son to hate/murder his own father. (which was actually prophesized! and came true!!!! cause Mordred killed Arthur while in return Arthur killed Mordred...they killed each other at the same time!!!)
wow, i like your drawingstyle :)
Loved how your vid showed the story of the song so increadibly well! i am currently trying to find info on what happend befor the song.
Wonderful job
Ohh poor tragedy’s of a great legend
This is so amazing I hope you make another Heather Dale / Avalon animation some day ; e;
This makes me think that Morgana really loved Arthur more than a sister should. Then after Mordred was born he married another woman. It's pretty disgusting considering they are siblings. I haven't read the story but that is what I'm getting from this song. If any one knows more please comment.
This is amazing. Great job!!
This is amazing! Love your art!!!
I love your artstyle!
Cool, really nice. 😌
Yeet da baby
I'd like to suggest, for the next one you do, one of the songs from Something Rotten! if you feel like you could do a renaissance like one. One question, about how long after looking into the song and info of the song, does it take you to do these?
Nice job!
Do you think you could do Sir Gawain and the Green knight by Heather Dale?
While I like Betsy Lee's animation, I think your version of the story is better.
I love this so much XD but why do I keep of thinking of Morgana?
Morgana was actually Mordred's mother. Mordred was the born of incest to her and her brother Arthur Pendragon.
I see
Hana Pipan I thought Morgana was only the king's Ward The King being uther
That's the Merlin version and you find out later that she and Arthur really are Half Siblings in the show. Merlin played fast and loose because they couldn't make up their minds on where they wanted the legends to fall in terms of their show. That's why Mordred is just a druid boy in that version.
Maybe because that name is similar to the woman's from the video (her name is Morgan).
I love my mommy of course morgana hated arthur but my mommy she is a good mommy i love her with all my kind heart
2019 !?
She is one HORRIBLE mother! Morgana...is...just...horrible!!!!
Didn't cry
Wow
What is this from?
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Fun fact! This song is Pagan
Vincent The Purple Guy
Arthurian legends are filled with both pagan elements(fairies, spirits and magic) and christian ones(angel, the holy grail and jesus)
Per citare un meme di God of War4 "Dove è il bottone degli abbracci" (Spasmodico tap tap sulla tastiera)
Any fate fan's?